Monday, December 14, 2009

Saturday night was a bit of a surreal experience for me, as you might be able to tell from my pathetic struggle to put it all into words. Miho from NHKTV was on hand (with video camera in hand), filming my every move for the upcoming "New York Wave" documentary. Amazing how a wireless mic (or "wire" as they say on Law & Order) makes your friends uncomfortable (or too comfortable?) in casual conversation. Lots of "check out k-r-t-s music dot com" from Mr. Kurtis. Love it.

I want to thank everyone for coming, friends and strangers alike - especially the strangers with the mad bento skillz. You humble me, truly.

Here are just a few bento highlights:

The Giant Robot logo I made. The cheese/nori combo curls fast under lights.

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WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT?

Food shaped like things...other than food! A bit of an obsession of mine - I've made two books about Japanese character bentos (charaben). Consider this an online, ever-expanding companion to Face Food Recipes and Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes, both released by Mark Batty Publisher.